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  • New Built to Spill

    Found this on stereogum this morning. Built to Spill – Conventional Wisdom (mov) Built to Spill – Conventional Wisdom (win) So far the songs I’ve heard from the new album sound great. I ordered two CDs (Wolf Parade and Andrew Bird) from mars-red a little while ago and they haven’t called me to say they…

  • Internet Explorer Sucks

    I frequently checked out this site in Internet Explorer while redesigning it, but I guess I must not have tested enough. I just looked at it and it looks like poop in IE. Update: I fixed it (mostly)

  • Know Any Mechanical Engineers?

    If anyone knows any Mechanical Engineers looking for work in the South Jersey area, let me know, especially if they have used Solidworks. We’re also looking for Mechanical Engineering students if possible.

  • Open Letter to Craisins

    Dear Craisins, I think we first met at a Saladworks. I ordered a Mandarin Chicken salad and there you were. I thought to myself, “Wow, what kind of raisins are these?” Back then I didn’t even know your name, but since then we’ve both grown up a little bit. I thank the fine people at…

  • Twin Peaks

    Did Twin Peaks drag on for too long without any resolution? Was the worthwhile portion of the show over once Laura Palmer’s murder was solved? What the hell was up with the dancing dwarf? These are the questions you may ask yourself after watching 29 episodes of the early 90’s TV hit, Twin Peaks, and…

  • New Site Design

    What do you guys think of the new site layout? I previewed it a few weeks ago, but now it’s the default theme. The big change is the fixed width layout. It took me a while to get Odd Man In working properly with it. In fact, Odd Man In almost has it’s own entire…

  • Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

    Ever wondered what would happen if every superhero and villain fought each other in a huge ultimate showdown? Wonder no more.

  • Hot as a Pistol

    I saw this over on The 700 Level and I had to repost it. Great story. Update: Unfortunately, YouTube had to take the video down.

  • Last Ricky Gervais Show Podcast

    The 12th and final episode of the Ricky Gervais Show was posted yesterday. Unfortunately, they’ll be charging a fee for future podcasts. The easiest way to check it out is through iTunes or other podcast software.

  • New Layout in the Works?

    I’ve been playing around with a fixed width format for the site. To see the progress, head here and change your theme to “gelt” and let me know what you think. A lot of things might not work properly yet, but if you get stuck just go here and switch your theme back to “Boxed.”

  • Freezing on the Astral Plane

    Last night Jeanne and I hit up the famed Philadelphia eatery, Astral Plane. The food was great although many of the menu items didn’t make it to our 9:15PM reservation. The lesson here is eat earlier! But MAN, our walk from 16th & Locust to the restaurant was ridiculously freaking cold. I think my body…

  • Awesome Neighbor

    While preparing for a few hours of snow shoveling this morning, I noticed my whole sidewalk and walkway were already clear. One of my neighbors went through with a snowblower.

  • February GameShow!

    Another near victory for me last month in Jason Zahn’s GameShow. I didn’t do too well through most of the month, but a late string of natural doubles got me close to the top. If I hadn’t sucked so bad at the start of the month I might have made it. The new game starts…

  • Richard Hatch is Guilty

    This is unbelievable to me. Richard Hatch, winner of the first season of Survivor, neglected to pay the taxes on his $1 Million prize and other income he earned as a result of his newfound celebrity. The jury on the first Survivor didn?t take long to deliberate and came up with a closely split decision…

  • New Built to Spill Song

    No good way to download it yet, but Built to Spill’s myspace site has a new song from their new album due out in April. It’s called Going Against Your Mind and it’s pretty good.

  • South Jersey Rap Video

    The guys from Wasted Apples are also in a rap group that put together this video. DJ Skeleton is entertaining enough by himself.

  • Podcasts

    Wow, most of the podcasts available through iTunes are awful. The only two I’ve found so far that I like are The Ricky Gervais Show (of The Office fame) and Mark Johnson’s BoardGamesToGo. Anyone know of any other good ones?

  • OMI Forum Back Online

    The Odd Man In forum is back online for now. There may be some trouble using your account in both Odd Man In and the message board as I had to copy over some of my mods. It’s better than nothing though. OMI Message Board

  • Cutie Theater for the iPod

    Attention owners of the new video iPod: You can now enjoy the magic of Cutie Theater wherever you go. Cutie Theater has now been especially formulated for the iPod using a great, free piece of Software called Videora Converter. Enjoy!

  • Adjusting the Album Formula

    In trying to figure out a good formula for ranking my albums I wanted to balance between the average rating of each song, the number of times I’ve played it, and the sum of all the ratings in the album. The first thing I did was throw out any mixes like my Beck Random Stuff…